Tag: Music
Tech Trumpet: Synth in the Pond
Welcome to another iPhone-inspired Tech Trumpet.
Following on from iPhone Bloom comes this interesting “music” created with SynthPond (iTunes link) by Zach Gage. It’s all quite random but you can get some nice ambient sounds from it…
Datz Music Lounge – Unlimited, DRM-free MP3s for £100 a year. Too good to be true?
Let the record show that I’m very suspicious about this one. Over the past few weeks, I’ve been in touch with a company called Datz who claim that they’ve got a product, launching this weekend, which will give you unlimited MP3 downloads for a year, for a one-off price of £99…
Amazon launches brilliant "WindowShop" website
The value of a great interface is underrated. Many online shops look more like a spreadsheet than a pleasurable retail experience (I’m looking at you, iTunes). That’s why I’m really excited by a new front-end Amazon has created for their site, called WindowShop…
iTunes gets briefly c**sored
A bug on the iTunes Music Store in the UK last Friday unnecessarily censored a bunch of words that even your grandma wouldn’t consider naughty, including “bum”, “teen”, “johnny” and “skank”. Interestingly “gay” was permitted through, but “lesbian” wasn’t…
Tech Trumpet: Mr Do! Mix
Welcome to another ’80s-inspired Tech Trumpet.
Relax, you’re safe from another rickrolling, because this TT pays tribute to my favourite video game character — Mr Do…
LaCie intros LaCinema Rugged: portable multimedia-friendly hard drive
LaCie, well-known for its rugged portable hard drives, has just launched a new range: the LaCinema Rugged.
As the name would suggest, these portable hard drives are designed for carrying around your multimedia files — movies, photos, and music — and can connect directly to a high definition television via HDMI or composite video port…
New Panasonic RP-HNJ150, RP-HJE700, and RP-HJE900 earphones
Panasonic has just dropped a bunch of new earphones on the world, the RP-HNJ150, RP-HJE700, and RP-HJE900. The RP-HNJ150 are the low-end model, feature a frequency response of 6Hz-23,000Hz, with an impedance of 16Ω. They’re available in pink, white, blue and black. They’ll cost you US$34.92 (£25 or so).
NOISE GATE: Lala launches idiotic "web song" concept
After the joy (and surprising popularity) of Spotify the other day, my palm is firmly back on my face thanks to Lala and their launch of “web songs” – cut price music that’s locked up tighter than a… actually I probably shouldn’t pursue that simile any further.
Lala is offering music for 10 cents a track. “Great!”, you cry. But wait a sec. The only way they’ve got the record labels to agree is to limit you to only listening to that song in your browser. You’re essentially paying 10 cents for something that you can get for free on Spotify, Last.FM, MySpace, or even YouTube, for god’s sake. As the unnamed head of a digital music service once said, “you want the world’s best on-demand music service? Go to YouTube and close your eyes…”
Virtual Orchestra – 64 musicians replaced by 64 speakers
“Autumn Fantasy 2008” sounds like a porn film, but in actual fact, it’s the name of a concert that’ll be taking place between Oct 11th and 21st in Kanagawa Science Park in Kawasaki, Japan. The system uses 64 speakers to replace the 64 musicians in an orchestra, and each speaker plays just one instrument…
Britney Spears is now following me on Twitter
That’s right, the pop princess now has her own Twitter account, or at least ‘her people’ do. At twitter.com/therealbritney, Brit’s “taking you where no paparazzi lens ever could with pics, vids and news from Britney herself”…